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• In shock, I turned around to face a thirteen year-old boy and said, "The man is a saint simply for putting up with you."
• Another mom standing near me said, "A man who works 40 hours a week to take care of his family is anything but lazy."
• The boy smirked but was unrepentant. I looked at him closely to see whether there was any basis for this level of disrespect.
• He was dressed well. He was clean. He had no black eye, no fat lip, no bruises or other visible signs of neglect or abuse. His dad obviously cared enough to come to this boy's sporting event and was proud enough to take pictures of him. For those reasons and the fact that he'd never received the "attitude adjustment" that he so eloquently asked for, the boy owed his father respect.
• There was so much I wanted to say to that boy. So much he needed to hear. So (Continued on page 6)
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